Miami-Dade Commissioner Oliver Gilbert III will formally launch his campaign for Florida’s 24th Congressional District on Sunday, capping a week in which he resigned his county seat, filed his Statement of Candidacy with the Federal Election Commission, and launched a campaign site.
He’ll make it official at 10 a.m. at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Miami Gardens — the city where he was born, raised, and twice elected Mayor.
“I grew up here. I went to school here. I served here. And every step of that journey is the reason I’m running,” Gilbert said.
The seat opened when U.S. Rep.
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